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1.4. Cognitive Developmental

READ: Exploring Cognition

1.5 Social Cognitive (Social Learning)

READ: Exploring Behavior

1.8. Psychodynamic

READ: Psychodynamic Theory · Psychosocial Theory



2.5 Longitudinal

READ: The Cohort Effect

For All Units

READ: Research Methods · Research Designs



3.3. Development of the Brain and Nervous System

READ: Prenatal Development

3.9. Perinatal Influences

READ: Environmental Risks · Pregnancy · Childbirth

3.11. Physical Growth, Maturation, and Aging

READ: Infancy Physical Development · Early Childhood Physical Development · Middle Childhood Physical Development · Early Adulthood Physical Development · Middle Adulthood Physical Development · Late Adulthood Physical Development · Most Common Causes of Death

3.12. Sexual Maturation

READ: Adolescence Physical Development



4.4. Population Growth and Limiting Factors

READ: Infancy Physical Development

4.5. Community Structure and Biogeography

READ: Early Childhood Physical Development · Middle Childhood Physical Development · Adolescence Physical Development



5.8 Memory

READ: Infancy Cognitive Development

5.10 Environmental Influences

READ: Early Childhood Cognitive Development · Adolescence Cognitive Development · Early Adulthood Cognitive Development

5.11 Expertise

READ: Middle Adulthood Cognitive Development · Middle Adulthood Work and Personality

5.12 Wisdom

READ: Late Adulthood Cognitive Development · Late Adulthood Psychosocial Development

For All Units

READ: Language Development · Early Childhood Cognitive Development



7.4 Reaction Range

READ: Early Childhood Cognitive Development

7.6 Giftedness

READ: Middle Childhood Cognitive Development · Learning and Intelligence



8.2 Self

READ: Psychosocial Development and Attachment

8.7 Moral Development

READ: Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development

8.8 Prosocial Behavior

READ: Early Childhood Psychosocial Development

8.10 Aggression

READ: Middle Childhood Psychosocial Development · Adolescence Social Development

8.11 Wellness

READ: Middle Adulthood Relationships



9.5 Multicultural Perspectives

READ: Family Life

9.7 Abuse and Neglect

READ: Childhood Stress and Development

9.8 Media and Technology

READ: Adolescence Social Development

9.9 Death and Dying

READ: Five Stages of Loss · Palliative Care and Hospice · Euthanasia · Bereavement and Grief



10.1 Temperament

READ: Temperament

10.3 Emotional Expression and Regulation

READ: Infancy Psychosocial Development

10.6 Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

READ: Early Childhood Psychosocial Development · Middle Childhood Psychosocial Development · Adolescence Social Development

10.7 Stability and Change

READ: Middle Adulthood Work and Personality

10.8 Attribution Styles

READ: Early Adulthood Psychosocial Development · Middle Adulthood Psychosocial Development



11.3 Operant Conditioning

READ: Early Childhood Cognitive Development · Early Childhood Psychosocial Development

11.7 Facilitation of Role Transitions

READ: Learning and Intelligence · Adolescence Social Development

11.8 Retirement

READ: Middle Adulthood Work and Personality · Late Adulthood Psychosocial Development

11.9 Elder Care

READ: Late Adulthood Physical Development



12.7 Learning Disabilities

READ: Developmental Problems

12.10 Anxiety and Mood Disorders

READ: Adolescence Social Development